Was talking to a friend a while ago and he postulated that the only two things he's learned about people that are always true are that

1. Nobody likes to look stupid.

and 2. Everybody likes to win.

While I can agree that those are both true, I'm sure there are more things that I would agree apply to everyone's personality.

I tend to correct people when it comes to spelling, grammar, pronunciation etc...Really I'm by no means an authority on these subjects, as I would assume is evident in my posts here, but I try to impart what bits knowledge I can to try and help people.

So, poor structure aside, do you think there are more rules? What rules would you add to the list?

(this is in general for the purposes of not inciting responses such as 'generalizing people is wrong,' etc...)

also, do you think I should stop correcting friends and family on their poor use of English?